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...result, writes Swanberg, was "the orgasmic acme of ruthless, truthless newspaper jingoism." Hearstmen in Cuba trumped up atrocity stories to The Chief's (and the public's) taste. Sent down to draw the look of battle, Artist Frederic Remington cabled his desire to return: EVERYTHING is QUIET. THERE is NO TROUBLE HERE. THERE WILL BE NO WAR. Hearst's infamous response: PLEASE REMAIN. YOU FURNISH THE PICTURES AND I'LL FURNISH THE WAR. Seizing upon the still-unexplained sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor as an excuse, Hearst whipped the U.S. into a chauvinistic...